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'WILLIAM s.` 4 Meir-itu.,1On1..siamNeiuaLu, MASSACHUSETTS, lAssieNOR TO THOMAS H WHITE AND `WAiltRn-N JOHNSON, OF-SAME PLAOE.

f Letters Patent'No'. 75,944, datedMarc-t 24, 1.868.

VVIMPROVEMNT In OULmAn'Y STEAMERS.

To ALL WHOM 1T MAYOONORN:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. McNEIL, of Springfield, Hampden county, Commonwealth of VIiiassachusetts, have invented a new vand useful Improved f Culinary Steame-rg and I do hereby'declare that Ithe following is a full and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had. to the 'accompanying drawings, andito the letters of `forthat purpose.

vover the door-seat` tliedoor forcing it" in around the -sides of its seat when shut. This cloth is hung npona.

reference marked thereon. In the drawings-` Figure 1 represents a sectional-view, and Figure 2 a front-view of my steamer v rIhis invention 'consists of-an' apparatus by which vegetablesfmeat, die., can `be'eooked by steam, andwhioh is arranged so as to be Aapplied. to an ordinarycookingst'ove.A I I In eonstructim'I form my steamer of a euse, A, having a p an at theA bottom capable of .holding-a suitable amount oflwater for tliesize ofthe steamer. This punis made circular, and projects downward, so 'as to enter the pot-holes in theitop of the stove. u l l Thefarticles to -bc cooked are placed in .perforated pans, Bf C, and D, placed'oneabove the other in the steamer; and vsustained[byeross-bars, a a a, hooking inloops, b b, '&c'., on the sides of the case A, I `The roofof the casexA rises to a point in thecentre, at which-is the entrance to a channel, E, leading through the top.. Above' this or'i'lice isa-chamber, F, havingia perforated top, and having inside a ball, G, forming-a valve by resting in thecup formed by the curved sides of' the channell E.V VNear the entranceat E vis a hole, v[-I, leading into a tube or pipe, I, which-is placed on thejoutside Of the case A, and conductsthe wat@4 Amd condensed 'steamback into the pan K',' it having an outlet, d, at the bottom The door is formed with a flange, L, aroundits edge, thlepmain part, M, fitting i-nto the door-Seat, while thev flange coversthc crack. Toassist in packingth'is part, and rendering the case airtight, a cloth, N, is placed roller, O, atthe top Oi' the case, the'cloth banging down before't'he dohrf The cloth can be rolled u p out of the way, when desired,byturningthe rol-ler 0;; or the lutter can be withdrawn from the bemvofthe cloth, and the cloth taken oi"i`. Thisis particularly convenient when it is desired to change the same.

By this mennsI obtain a device whiclrwillxcookby steam in a convenient manner, each article being perfectly imlepemlent of the rest, and can be taken -ont or pntin without disturbing the others. This lis also the canseoifunclr saving in fuel, the steam being used to heat a succession of articles. The ball-valve at the topl permits it to escape Only whentliere is'itoo great apressnrc.l Y I Non', having described my invention, whatI clnimas newfand desire to secure by Letters Patent, 4iis-- 1. A cnli'narystcamer, consisting of the 'ca-sc A', having the pan K at the bottom, and valve 4at the top, with pipe I, the vessels containing'the food being arranged one above the other',l so that they can be removed through the door, substantially as described. Y I l 2. The cloth packing N, arranged upon the roller O, substantially as andi'or the purpose shown.

WM. s. MeNEIL.

Witnesses:`

EDWARD H. HYDE, J.' B. GARDINER. 

